Great... A lot of talking, but how does it sound compared to the original?And they used diodes instead of tubes (as in the original). "Because it sounds better".A nice side effect is that the diodes are a lot cheaper...

Isn't the capsule of the og sony c800g, sony's shot at cloning the 67's capsule therefore if the capsule is not exactly the one in the og c800g then it would sound significantly different and plus this clone wont have tubes either yikes...

The whole point of Sony's marketing is about the c800g price. This mic is just insanely expensive and Sony is increasing and increasing its price just to be sure that it is out of any competition. So this clone doesn't make any sense. Who's gonna buy it? It's not insanely expensive, just regularly expencive. So what would I say to my clients instead of "do you know, that you are singing into the most expensive mic in the world"? "Hey, you are singing into the clone of the most expensive mic in the world, and, you know, it has a ceramic PCB"? Are you kidding me?

I'd rather buy a bunch of used Neumanns for this amount of money. Clients really love the brand and I can always mod and tweak them if I don't like the sound. Their capsules are outstanding and circuits... are not a big problem

By disassembling a C800G and handing it´s capsule to a manufacturer with more than twenty years of microphone capsule production experience, they were able to produce a capsule that matched the characteristics of the original one. The capsule used in the GA-800G can handle a higher sound pressure level than the original one and it has almost the same sound character.

Since there are no country names involved in the marketing texts it is Chinese.

That wouldn't surprise me, though if it's a Chinese clone of the C800G capsule the mics shouldn't cost almost $5K. They made it sound like it was an exact reproduction using the same components, at least from what I saw.

I think Guosheng's capsules are great (i wish he made a proper chambered CK12, but obviously that would be expensive), but if it is his capsule, they shouldn't be charging nearly $5K for the mic and acting like it's the same as them using a proper C800G capsule, since that capsule is over $1000.

I totally understand that there's a market for a C800G clone,and I totally understand why people would be interested in buying it, what i just don't get is why a clone is as expensive as this mic.

Normally people want clones because of scarcity of the real thing or high prices.Makes sense to want to have a similar thing for a much lower price, but this chinese clone is just too expensive for the clone market.Like dbelousov you can buy Neumann's mics for that price.

If this chinese clone mic was 400€ I don't think it would be a flop.But at this price, 3800€, I think it will be

Although I don't have a very radical opinion on this subject I do question the market for these upper class tube condenser microphones. The sE RNT comes to mind as well, being a high quality (I guess) microphone with the corresponding price tag. I guess the buyers are out there somewhere, else they wouldn't be doing it, right?Man I feel so cheap now with my Neumanns